(July 5, 2011 at 11:40 am)Rhythm Wrote: Some of us are uncomfortable with the sort of despotism that regulating any sort of religious expression may promote. A justified position in and of itself. Others, like myself, have no problem fighting fire with fire as the old saw goes. Fortunately for us we've handled things like this in the past. Every now and again we assert totalitarian authority in response to the perceived evils of our fellow man.
But we already do regulate it a tiny bit. It is illegal to make human sacrifice for a religious practice. My question is why are we so squeamish and stop there? I'm like you, fight fire with fire.l
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
